I'm no Joy Division expert, but it was well paced, seemed to be reasonably detailed and certainly left me wanting to know more. Cinematography was very good - especially the choice of b/w rather than colour.

But as a film, it is very much about the pressures that Curtis finds himself under and which eventually lead to his suicide. 'Joy Division' and the problems that they bring are given equal weight with his dead end job, unfortunate love life and epilepsy.

him, about to go on tour round america, unable to chose between two women that loved him, and an illness treatable by drugs, less than good. Im not saying it wasnt bad for him (hey, thats what depression is!) but didnt think it made for a very exciting film, certainly as we can only conject what he might have been feeling

It's not a film about the band or how Curtis was percieved by the world (although even that comes through at times), it's about his home life and personal issues, hance the decisions to film in b/w, the slow pace and so on.

It doesn't even really paint him out to be a complete bastard but rather as a somewhat tourtured individual failing to cope as he's not entirely in control of his own life.

but i mean the interesting aspect of Curtis wasnt that he had a few personal issues, i mean lots of people have that kind of thing and it doesnt make for the most exciting film. I still like the film as its interesting, particularly if you are really into joy division to see beind the music, but i think the main interest with Curtis was what he did when he was on stage and with Joy Division, and unless you are a proper fan you might have found it a bit boring.